The goal of these stories is not to resolve every conflict with a hug in the finale. The goal is to sit in the mess, to acknowledge that love and resentment can occupy the same heart, and to realize that "I love you, but I need to be away from you" is not a contradiction. It is a survival instinct.

: This involves a character rebelling against family traditions or meeting a long-lost parent only to find they aren't what they hoped.